Pearson : Director/PDMR Holding

PEARSON PLC

(the "Company")

Notification of Director and PDMRs' Interests

Below are details of purchases of ordinary shares of 25p each, made under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP"), on the London Stock Exchange on 10 May 2019 and notified to the Company on 14 May 2019: -

Name of	No. of Shares	Price per	Total Holding
Director/PDMR	Purchased	Share	Following Notification
Lincoln Wallen	109	£8.089203	6,934
Roderick Bristow	876	£8.089203	97,645
Albert Hitchcock	997	£8.089203	110,015

The following notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further detail.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
	associated
a)	Name	Lincoln Wallen
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-executive Director
b)	Initial notification	Initial notification
	/Amendment
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
	platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Pearson plc
b)	LEI	2138004JBXWWJKIURC57
4	Details of the transaction(s):	section to be repeated for (i) each type of
	instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place
	where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
	instrument, type of
	instrument

	Identification code	ISIN: GB0006776081
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend
		Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Purchase price:	109
		£8.089203 per share
d)	Aggregated information	Aggregated volume: 109	shares
	- Aggregated volume	Aggregated price: £ 881.723127
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	10 May 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
	associated
a)	Name	Roderick Bristow
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	President, Core Markets
b)	Initial notification	Initial notification
	/Amendment
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
	platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Pearson plc
b)	LEI	2138004JBXWWJKIURC57
4	Details of the transaction(s):	section to be repeated for (i) each type of
	instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place
	where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
	instrument, type of
	instrument	ISIN: GB0006776081
	Identification code

b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend
		Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Purchase price:	876
		£8.089203 per share
d)	Aggregated information	Aggregated volume: 876	shares
	- Aggregated volume	Aggregated price: £ 7,086.141828
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	10 May 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)	Name	Albert Hitchcock
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Technology and Operations Officer
b)	Initial notification	Initial notification
	/Amendment
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
	platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Pearson plc
b)	LEI	2138004JBXWWJKIURC57
4	Details of the transaction(s):	section to be repeated for (i) each type of
	instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place
	where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
	instrument, type of
	instrument	ISIN: GB0006776081
	Identification code
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend
		Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)

		Purchase price:	997
		£8.089203 per share
d)	Aggregated information	Aggregated volume: 997 shares
	- Aggregated volume	Aggregated price: £ 8,064.935391
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	10 May 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)